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- noun Plural form of
scytheman .
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Examples
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Harvest began, but the customary barrel of whisky was not purchased, and the song of the scythemen in the wheatfield languished.
Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 23, February, 1873 Various
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For on this vastly thicker bulk the smoky fingers of flame had no more effect than did the exertions of the scythemen, hacking futilely away at the tough intricacies, or the rattling reapers entangling themselves to become like waterlogged ships.
Greener Than You Think Ward Moore 1940
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The flanking squadron had ridden boldly at the hedge, and a dozen or more had forced their way through, in spite of the showers of stones and the desperate thrusts of the pikemen and scythemen.
Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 Arthur Conan Doyle 1894
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The clear metallic sound of the "strake" or sharpening strop, covered with pure white Loch Skerrow sand set in grease, which scythemen universally use in Galloway, cut through the slumberous hum of the noonday air like the blade itself through the grass.
The Lilac Sunbonnet 1887
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Those who had muskets kept up a fusillade, whilst a body of scythemen in the centre repulsed Poul, who attacked them with the bayonet.
The Huguenots in France Samuel Smiles 1858
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Several of these terrible scythemen were, however, slain, and three were taken prisoners.
The Huguenots in France Samuel Smiles 1858
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Devonshire trainbands, who had fled in confusion before Monmouth's scythemen, would have faced the household troops of Lewis.
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay 1829
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In June, 1794, he defeated Kosciuszko's scythemen at Szczekociny, but met with such strenuous opposition in his attack upon Warsaw as to be compelled to retire in September. [
Germany from the Earliest Period Volume 4 Wolfgang Menzel 1835
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